For the Orioles to have any chance of competing in 2018, they need to get better starting pitching.
You know it. I know it. Dan Duquette, the club's executive vice president of baseball operations, knows it. So does manager Buck Showalter.
The Orioles' group of 11 starters in 2017 combined for a 5.70 ERA, the worst mark in franchise history. It was the worst rotation ERA in baseball since the Colorado Rockies posted a collective 5.81 in 2012.